East Poinsett County School District No. 14 v. Union Standard Insurance

Tom Glaze, Justice.

This is an appeal from the trial court’s dismissal of the appellant’s cause of action against the appellees for breach of an oral contract. This litigation resulted from storm damage to appellant’s gymnasium roof. At the time of the damage, appellant was insured by appellee Union Standard Insurance Company (Union). The appellant alleges that Union made an oral contract with appellee PercyMart, Inc. to repair the roof.

PercyMart completed its repairs around May 30, 1984, but shortly thereafter, the roof began to leak. PercyMart was unable to fix the problem after several…